The Internet of Things - and your fridge
We rely on Google (or other search engines) : it is our window onto the world. But it is pretty certain that that Google won’t know if your fridge has failed.
But just check out Wayward Monitoring.
Software that won't bother you…unless it has to to.
Interestingly, over the last couple of years, computers and their surroundings have suddenly got smarter.
New low power technology is enabling us to watch out for and react to, an unexpected happening.. The unexpected happening is well documented and held by the computer. The downside is that nobody can advise when or where that happening will arise. Unfortunately there is no time definition. The technology can sit and watch for hours/days. A mishap that is specified qualified and expected. But we don’t know when and where.
How do you keep an eye on 500 street lights when all you want to know is when you have a failure. Do we have to employ staff doing routine checks in the off chance.?
You drive into a carpark and a green light tells you where to find a slot. This is pre- emptive and focussed technology doings its own thing. Driven by the negative to create a positive. And how do you achieve that? By constant 24hr monitoring, watching and waiting.
Internet of Things
It’s called the Internet of Things. A bland label by any stretch but keeping us informed about exceptions that may impact on our wellbeing. Clever enough to work non stop. Constantly qualifying and watching for that exception . The sort of routine that is beneath the intelligence of a sane person.
You are a farmer. You have acres of fields with grazing or critical sensitive crops. You need to know fast if the ground is starting to dry out.
“We need to keep a look out for this critical production machine going wrong 24/7”
“This 200km oil pipeline feed is critical. Need to know if we have a leak”
IoT tech uses smart but accurate battery powered sensors. Sensors that report every six minutes. Just a short sharp accurate report of temperature, moisture levels, events or whatever. Sensors using low frequency long distance, short sharp messages. A dialogue that can take place over tens of kilometres pass through brick walls, passed from gateway to gateway. Up to the cloud computers that will constantly analyse watching for that unexpected happening
But it’s much more than just calling someone. This embryonic technology has the ability to take early corrective action. It can turn on the field sprinklers itself to see if the problem goes away. It can assess a condition early on before calling out the troops.
Not waiting until a machine has broken down. It’s more about realising what is happening and reporting issues before the whole thing goes up in an expensive ball of smoke.
So it is with Wayward and Cold Chain monitoring of important vaccines, medications and more. Wayward Monitoring is one of the first generations deploying this exciting new technology. Receiving thousands of bits of information from hundreds of Cold Storage devices, from many kilometres away. Every six minutes. For hours, weeks, months
The intent and inbred design is about watching out for small indicative signs of a fridge going off track. Is it warming too quickly? Is the temperature recovering? Is it is only a brief incident?
Smart algorithms being processed by cloud analytics. At any point, the alerts can be sounded before the errant refrigerator causes untold damage.
This technology, albeit new, is making its mark by reducing costly staff involvement and providing very accurate data. More importantly it is also providing a proven safety net for fridge temperature monitoring. A vital safety which was not possible in earlier days of manual temperature checks.
Welcome to Wayward Monitoring. The next generation of beneficial low cost technology, Technology doing the humdrum stuff. A generation where staff can focus on the human aspects of care, not what the temperature inside the fridge is.
A personal skill and knowledge way beyond the scope of IoT.